The Xibalba Murders (Lara McClintoch Archeological Mystery, #1) in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 27, 2009 Lyn (Readinghearts) rated it really liked it

Shelves: borrowed, ccclib, mystery

The premise of this book (and I presume the whole series) is mysteries that occur during archeological digs. The main protagonist is the owner of an antiquities store who travels the globe and gets involved in solving the mysteries that occur.

At first I wasn't sure what I was going to think of this book, partly because I had just read a book that I literally could not put down, partly because it took a bit to get used to the writing style in this book. For example, the author begins a lot of se ...more

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Nov 17, 2016 Marie (UK) added it

Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge

this is quite possibly the worst book i have ever read. I only completed it because it fulfilled the requirements of a challenge. The author is pretentious in displaying her knowledge of Maya culture simply to show she has it, All this about dates and names of days has no bearing on the story and simply muddies the tale. Her heroine aka mystery solver has a mouth that is so loose its indefensible. The solving of the crime is so blatantly obvious from the outset and the whole crime solving is so ...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Luann rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, adult, 2009

This was a solid three stars for me. There's nothing really wrong with it, but nothing terribly exciting about it either. The setting and information about the Maya culture was well done, but only mildly interesting. I was never drawn into the story, and the characters all seemed just a bit flat. On the plus side, I can now cross "X" off my Title A-Z challenge. ...more

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